For the love of writing
Seven days of workshops, panel discussions and fabulous speakers is on offer from the Society of Women Writers Victoria’s literary festival ‘For the Love of Writing’ – including our own...
The past is always with us
In more proof that the past is always with us, the subject of The Sultan’s Daughter – Sayidda Salmé, aka Emily Reute – is at the centre of a controversy...
An actual, real-life, people in a room together, live launch!
The Sultan’s Daughter finally got the launch it deserved, by former Independent Member of Parliament for the electorate of Indi and all-round inspirational woman, Cathy McGowan. The book was launched...
Within the silences of history, fiction can manoeuvre
Sayidda Salmé – the Sultan’s daughter of Obiter's forthcoming novel by Jane Downing – first appeared within the covers of a book in her own lifetime. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess was...
Two titles launched into the world
Obiter ended the year doing what we love most, sending two new books into the world! We raised a glass of congratulations to Sarah Madden in Melbourne last Tuesday evening...
Raise a glass to our debut author
If you are in Melbourne on 11 December, please join us for the launch of debut author Sarah Madden’s magic realist memoir Blue in the Red House. We are very...
Just in time for Christmas
‘This collection,’ says Imelda Whelehan, ‘is for everyone who wants their Christmas stories to mirror their Christmas location – with the heat on their backs, perhaps wondering if lowering clouds...
Forthcoming: Christmas Eve in a Gum Tree
Christmas in fiction – a time when families reunite and love blossoms, when evil is overcome and tragedy is averted. Cruelty and revenge are offset by heroism and forgiveness, and...
Forthcoming: Blue in the Red House
Obiter Publishing is excited to announce the forthcoming release of our first ‘Futures’ experimental non-fiction title, Blue in the Red House. Blue in the Red House is a hybrid memoir/magic...
Singed Sisters in the spotlight
Local Canberra media has been quick to respond to the launch of Obiter's Pozible campaign for Tears, Laughter, Champagne. The story of friendships forged through food and fire resonates with...